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johnfm said:
yes. It scrapes. Its only a bit of black plastic - its sacrificial. Just don't make the error of trying to drive around the side of speed bumps. That is when I scraped the edge of the spolier. Only cost me £90 for a touch up though (the paint that is!)
Sorry if off topic John, but how to you drive over / round those square ones that don't lie across the whol;e road just on either side, or sometimes in threes?
I drove round the back of Addenbrookes hospital yesterday and scraped on every bump, just as well its a C2S with no real air dam!
chumley-warner said:
johnfm said:
yes. It scrapes. Its only a bit of black plastic - its sacrificial. Just don't make the error of trying to drive around the side of speed bumps. That is when I scraped the edge of the spolier. Only cost me £90 for a touch up though (the paint that is!)
Sorry if off topic John, but how to you drive over / round those square ones that don't lie across the whol;e road just on either side, or sometimes in threes?
I drove round the back of Addenbrookes hospital yesterday and scraped on every bump, just as well its a C2S with no real air dam!
I drive over those ones with one wheel in the middle.
If the engine is not a dry sump then you should be able to check the level when cold. I beleive (from memory) if you turn the key to position II then the computer should diplay the oil level , not gospel I know but I beleive it advises doing this on a cold engine. I may be wrong though, and I'm sure if I am someone will only be to quick to point it out.
Simon.
Simon.
The electronic oil level display has a timer and knows if you've run the engine so if you turn the ignition on after it's just stopped running, you'll see a countdown timer until it displays the level.
For peace of mind wait a few minutes and check the dipstick as well.
It's not unknown for a car to come back from an OPC service with a low oil level. I talk from experience...
For peace of mind wait a few minutes and check the dipstick as well.
It's not unknown for a car to come back from an OPC service with a low oil level. I talk from experience...
This is wot I found on t' internet:
HTH (even if it is in quarts)
internet said:
Let’s look at your 996’s dash gauge and try to figure out what it’s telling us. Porsche says the distance between the maximum and the minimum marks on the digital oil gauge represents about 1.5 liters or 1.585 quarts of oil. There are six lines between those two marks, so each line represents about 0.246 quarts of oil. Porsche also says to add a half a liter of oil at a time. For our purposes, let’s call it a half a quart. Therefore, we can let the oil level drop two lines on the gauge before adding a half quart of oil. I would not bother to add oil in smaller quantities, as you will only confuse yourself — and probably the car, as well.
How you check your oil level will result in different readings. When you check the engine oil cold, you will get a higher reading than with the other methods. All of the oil has run back into the sump, resulting in this higher reading. With the various warm-check procedures, there is always going to be some oil off in the far corners of the engine, so you will get a resulting lower reading. We know that Porsche wants you to check the oil level when the car is parked on level ground and not running. And, as you say, there are four different ways to check it:
1. With the engine cold when you turn the ignition key to “Accessory.”
2. By switching a warm engine off then turning the key back on and waiting for the timer to run down to zero.
3. What Porsche calls the automatic oil level measurement when you are fueling. The motor must be warm. This presumes the engine is shut off for a few minutes (about five) but less than 15 minutes. When you turn the key back on, the measured oil level is displayed for approximately one minute.
4. The old fashioned way, with the dipstick (for all but 996 Turbos).
I prefer to check the oil when it’s cold in my cars because the reading is more consistent when the engine is cold than with the other various methods. If the level is less than one line down, I essentially ignore it as well as the other readings and check the engine oil level cold before I drive my Boxster again. Once the level drops to the first line below maximum, I pay more attention to the other readings. When the other checks indicate two lines below the maximum level, I add a half a quart of oil.
How you check your oil level will result in different readings. When you check the engine oil cold, you will get a higher reading than with the other methods. All of the oil has run back into the sump, resulting in this higher reading. With the various warm-check procedures, there is always going to be some oil off in the far corners of the engine, so you will get a resulting lower reading. We know that Porsche wants you to check the oil level when the car is parked on level ground and not running. And, as you say, there are four different ways to check it:
1. With the engine cold when you turn the ignition key to “Accessory.”
2. By switching a warm engine off then turning the key back on and waiting for the timer to run down to zero.
3. What Porsche calls the automatic oil level measurement when you are fueling. The motor must be warm. This presumes the engine is shut off for a few minutes (about five) but less than 15 minutes. When you turn the key back on, the measured oil level is displayed for approximately one minute.
4. The old fashioned way, with the dipstick (for all but 996 Turbos).
I prefer to check the oil when it’s cold in my cars because the reading is more consistent when the engine is cold than with the other various methods. If the level is less than one line down, I essentially ignore it as well as the other readings and check the engine oil level cold before I drive my Boxster again. Once the level drops to the first line below maximum, I pay more attention to the other readings. When the other checks indicate two lines below the maximum level, I add a half a quart of oil.
HTH (even if it is in quarts)
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